Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Bikes On Credit

Alright. I hate these ads. They get stuck in my head and make me grumpy. However, this one at least does not show us in a terrible light. When he gets denied credit, it is at the bike shop, not the car lot. This means that those of us on bicycles here in the USA are finally making an impact. It may not be the best ad, but we are not portrayed as idiots or freaks and we are encouraged to keep riding. I'll take it!

although it cracks me up that the "cheap bike" they let him buy is a nice vintage bike that one would be lucky to find on CL or whatnot. - I think a local for me bike shop had matching his and hers bikes like his and I bet they were a pretty penny.

A shop semi-local to me had a matching set of barn beauties (they're out in the farm land and haunt the estate auctions. I'll bet they paid $20); $500; apiece. And I live in a decidedly bike unhip area.

That's more than a new Torker 3 speed with fenders and rear rack; which is itself a hundred more than their budget fixie.

On the other hand I just missed a genuine "just come take it out of my garage and it's yours." Bummer. It was candy apple red too.

In much of the country the problem with finding a vintage 3 speed is that they aren't considered worth enough to exceed the bother of digging them out of the barn, so they just sit there and rot while someone who would love it can't find one to buy.

That ad has been going around for awhile. Personally I think the joke is on the property master for that ad. That bike is Raleigh Superbe, those have been fetching $300+ on ebay. I have mine and currently it is not for sale at any reasonable price ;-)

when i saw this commercial I felt so happy to be mocked on, part of the 'outsiders' part of the 'rebelious' hell yea. and the funny part is that with a 2-wheeled machine frees you up from owing 20,000 + in your credit card for a card. we get last laughs - yeahhh...